A review by cumstead
The Road of Bones by Demi Winters

4.5

My Ratings:
4.5⭐️ 2🌢️ 5🎧

β€œπ™Έπš πš’πšœ 𝚊 πš–πšŠπš—β€™πšœ πš πš˜πš›πš•πš πš’πš— πš πš‘πš’πšŒπš‘ 𝚠𝚎 πš•πš’πšŸπšŽβ€¦  π™»πšŽπš πšπš‘πšŽπš– πšπš‘πš’πš—πš” 𝚞𝚜 πš•πšŠπš–πš‹πšœ, πš πš‘πšŽπš— πšπš›πšžπš•πš’, 𝚠𝚎 πšŠπš›πšŽ πš πš˜πš•πšŸπšŽπšœ.”

I completely and thoroughly enjoyed this book!  The plot is plotting, it’s full of action + twists + secrets + betrayal. OH THE BETRAYAL 😱  Top it off with some hidden identity, a little bit of spicey time, and a slow burn 😏 and BAM it’s a home run! 
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The characters are soooo lovable!   Silla is alone and just trying to survive the wilds and the deadly (and very sexy) mercenaries whose wagon she decided to climb into πŸ˜‚ I love her little bonding moments with Hekla 🫢🏻 But she’s also deep in grief and trauma, dealing with addiction and other revelations that continue to come to light throughout the story. She puts on a happy sunshine-y front but deep down is just trying her best to keep it together. 
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β€œπšˆπš˜πšž πšŒπšŠπš—πš—πš˜πš πš•πš’πšŸπšŽ πš’πš˜πšžπš› πš‹πšŽπšœπš πš•πš’πšπšŽ πš πš’πšπš‘πš˜πšžπš 𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚝 πš›πš˜πš•πš•πšœ, πš—πš˜πš , πšŒπšŠπš— 𝚒𝚘𝚞?”
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Then we have the broody men 😏  Silla fairly quickly falls in lust with Jonas but there’s another little slow burn brewing with my man Rey πŸ‘πŸ» and I CANNOT WAIT for it to unfold some more in book 2!  I wouldn’t say book 1 feels like a love triangle, but she definitely clicks with both men on different levels! 
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π™Ήπš˜πš—πšŠπšœ πš πš˜πšžπš•πš πšœπšπš’πšπš•πšŽ πš‘πšŽπš› πš πš‘πšŽπš— πš πš‘πšŠπš πšœπš‘πšŽ πš—πšŽπšŽπšπšŽπš 𝚠𝚊𝚜 πšπš˜πš› πšœπš˜πš–πšŽπš˜πš—πšŽ πšπš˜β€¦πš•πš’πšπš πš‘πšŽπš›. π™΄πš–πš™πš˜πš πšŽπš› πš‘πšŽπš›.  😏
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Excited to dive in to Kingdom of Claw and see where the story goes!